diff --git a/kuryr_libnetwork/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh b/kuryr_libnetwork/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
index 00e05533..8c1d1372 100644
--- a/kuryr_libnetwork/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
+++ b/kuryr_libnetwork/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ GATE_DEST=$BASE/new
 DEVSTACK_PATH=$GATE_DEST/devstack
 
 export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"enable_plugin devstack-plugin-container https://github.com/openstack/devstack-plugin-container"
+export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"KURYR_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/kuryr-libnetwork"
 
 $BASE/new/devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate.sh